Nominations open for the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards

The Year in Infrastructure Awards is an exciting and well-regarded global competition that recognizes advancements in infrastructure.

These awards are an integral part of the Year in Infrastructure Conference, which brings together infrastructure professionals and members of the media from around the globe to share innovative practices in infrastructure project design, engineering, construction, and operations.

Since 2004, the Awards program has recognized nearly 4,000 of the world’s most outstanding infrastructure projects. Open to all Bentley software users, it is a unique program that is truly global in scope and comprehensive in categories covered, encompassing all forms of infrastructure projects from around the world.

WHY NOMINATE A PROJECT

Nominating your project is the first step towards gaining global recognition for your infrastructure project. Take a look at the benefits and rewards of becoming a nominee, finalist, and winner.

NOMINEE

Nominate your project and receive a complimentary registration for the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference, as well as a certificate of participation. Each nominee is further recognized in the Infrastructure Yearbook, which is just the beginning of how your project can be promoted to a global audience through Bentley’s marketing and public relations activities.

FINALIST

As a finalist, you get to present your project before the jurors, peers, and members of the industry’s most influential press. All the finalists are honored at the highly anticipated awards ceremony and receive a finalist trophy.

After the event, your project presentation can be shared on Bentley’s website, and you’ll also receive the presentation recording. In addition, your project will be showcased in Bentley’s Project Profiles.

WINNER

The winners receive all the rewards of nominees and finalists. In addition, they receive a $1,000 charitable donation in their organization’s name and are featured in a special advertising insert in Engineering News-Record. If the charitable donation and global recognition aren’t enough, winners also receive a custom, hand-made trophy and an awards poster featuring their project!.

AWARD CATEGORIES AND CRITERIA

The categories for the Year in Infrastructure Awards encompass all forms of infrastructure projects and stages – from design, to construction, to operations. Review the criteria and category descriptions to decide which category best describes your project!

Submission Process

THE SUBMISSION CONSISTS OF THREE STEPS:

1. Fill in the online nomination form

2. Upload supporting material, including at least three high-resolution images

Rules

Eligibility

• Previous Awards submissions will not be accepted, unless the project has changed significantly or is in a different phase of development or operation.

• Organizations can submit multiple projects, regardless of whether they are all in the same category or in different categories; however, they cannot submit the same project in multiple categories (i.e. each project can ONLY be submitted once into one category).

Competition Categories

• If a given project is not submitted under a suitable and compatible category, Bentley may place the project in an awards class or category that best fits the project’s goals and achievements.

• The final competition categories are subject to change, based on actual entries.

General

• Participants agree to abide by the terms of these official rules and by the decisions of the independent jurors, which are final and binding, on all matters pertaining to the Year in Infrastructure 2020 Awards.

• Bentley reserves the right to disqualify projects that fail to meet these rules and requirements.

• Bentley assumes no responsibility for failure of any project to be received by the deadline due to incomplete or late entries.

Participation Agreement

• You must accept the participation agreement terms for your project to be considered as a nominee.

• Participants warrant that they have received all necessary approvals and authorizations to accept the terms of the participation agreement with respect to the project entry.